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Uhhhh gacha game that's Honkai Star Rail
I know I know but the story's worth it..? (Or at least having enough themes jammed into it that gets me thinking)
Played 3.7 story and since I don't like giving Reddit HSR content imma just:
3.0 to 3.7 was a rollercoaster from boring 10 hrs to like peak animation and battle so honestly, I'd just say to not play the game and just watch someone else's gameplay since GACHA. Thinking about time travelling, gods, the nature of the universe, memories, and bonds, is cool and theory/lore exploration is my favourite part, wondering how it will all end (it won't since GACHA but it's fun to think about) and integrate that to my writing or how I think about stuff when it comes to other media.
Also I wish unlimited destruction on the IPC (Space Capitalists) and such a shame that some of my fav. characters are from there... Also, this is still a story that when looked from in the storytelling and engaging to actually play (not watch/read like a movie/anime) then it's still worse than Belobog (Frozen Wasteland, City Bastion, in the game). But what can ya' do, it's a GACHA game..
Caught up with the story this week as well and damn what a slog. 3.4 is the best chapter in the game but most of the rest of Amphoreus wasn't worth reading IMO. The whole thing could've been like 5-6 chapters instead of 8 and told the same story.
Very curious to see if the rumors about 4.0 are true, probably going to drop the game if it ends up being mid
True true, a lot of filler was filled for GACHA reasons, especially like 3.0 and 3.2, I think I dissociated them from my mind a long time ago.. But I'm not optimistic about 4.0, after all people were excited for 3.0 and look what happened.
Someone (maybe me in the future) should rewrite the pacing and stories into main story (focusing on breaking the cycle, and basically trimming all the non-cycle related Phainon/Cyrene plan to do so, and the astral express' involvement) and separating like for example, Mydei and Tribios' backstory on separate character stories when one act is finished, maybe each character gets their major strokes in the main, but the deep meandering and lore is put in the other stories to reduce bloat.
I genuinely think that there's a good story buried between the Shaoji flowery language and story meandering, it just wasn't profitable (typical...) and/or they didn't care about visuals enough to impact profits which is also sad. I just wished that an HSR type game (easy to play, complex in aspects, also has a daily grind to have something to do in-between, like DNA gacha-less system but HSR gameplay) would pop up and have that complex political intrigue mixed with philosophy and culture from Earth distilled into an anime story (I am making kinda like that, but without like the big bucks that Hoyo writers get to also showcase visuals, and also I just want it from someone else) I'll cherish